It’s Time to Power Yourself Up

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Ever get the feeling that you're just. waiting? Like an old-fashioned lamp collecting dust in the attic, silently hoping for that one brilliant hand to reach out and flip the switch, lighting your life in glorious light? Yeah, me too. Well, not actually a lamp (although my cat has a fascination with swatting at my dangling earrings, so the comparison isn't completely far-fetched). But you get the idea.

We’ve all been there, haven’t we? That quiet hum of potential, that bubbling desire for something to occur, for something to spark. And then there’s always this persistent voice in the back of our heads that there’ll be someone else who’ll be the spark. The grand gesture. The perfect opportunity laid out on a silver platter by a charming stranger (or, let’s be real, perhaps just a slightly less annoying co-worker).

We wait for the partner who finally “gets” us, the boss who recognizes our brilliance (and pays us for it, naturally), the friend who shakes us out of our Netflix coma and into one of unplanned exhilaration. We set our inner dimmer switch solidly in the “off” position, fingers crossed that someone else will come along with a shot of outside voltage.

But here’s the rather uncomfortable reality, the one your wise old aunt probably tried to tell you over lukewarm coffee and questionable cookies: everyone else is too busy trying to flip their own darn switch.

They’re wrestling with their own dusty lamps, searching for the right cord, maybe even believing you’re the one with the power source. It’s a mad, beautiful tangle of individual journeys, and to expect that someone else is going to get their journey precisely in sync with your dormant desires is, well, a recipe for a life lived in the dark.

Think about it. How much of your energy are you spending on trying to manage your own life, your own ambitions, your own sometimes existential dread fueled by doom-scrolling? Pretty a lot, probably. Now think about adding the extra dose of lighting the entire world up for someone to that list of things to do. It is like juggling burning chainsaws while simultaneously, blindfolded, working on a Rubik’s Cube. Bravery in theory, somewhat less so in practice.

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Now, before you slip into a hole of “so you’re saying I’m alone in the dark forever?” let’s get things straight. Connection matters. Support systems matter. But the ignition? That, my friend, is an inside job.

It’s about coming to the understanding you don’t require a lightning bolt from above (or a particularly astute LinkedIn message) to trigger your own brilliance. You carry the authority in you to locate that switch, wipe off the dirt and give it a solid, firm flip.

Maybe it starts with a small pilot flame — some new curiosity you’ve been curious about for ages, some tiny step toward some distant goal, some intentional dedication to saying yes to something that scares you. Each little step makes a tiny glimmer, a tiny light. And trust me, the little glimmers are pretty wonderful. They draw others to them, not as saviors with external power cords, but as other lighted beings, happy to give away their own light and energy.

So the next time you’re at the window, waiting for the metaphorical electrician to arrive, breathe deeply and ask yourself: where’s my switch? What small step can I take right now to turn on even the smallest setting?

Because the fact is, the world needs your light. And you don’t need anyone else’s approval — or external voltage — to shine it. Now, go seek out that switch. I have a feeling it’s going to be a bright future.

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